ON Saturday, January 16, in a blue-striped shirt and denim pants, Herman Hery Adranacus got out of a black Toyota Alphard SUV and walked into the lobby of the Tempo building in Jalan Palmerah Barat, South Jakarta. Before he spoke about the social affairs ministry social aid corruption case, in which he is implicated, Herman talked about his life as a businessman.

​Herman said he went through difficult times as a young man. Living in poverty, t